Mike Rayahwk
Mike Rayhawk

phone: (818) 326 -1750
e-mail: howdy@mikerayhawk.com



Experience:

Lead Illustrator for LEGO® Knights' Kingdom
The LEGO Group, 2003-Present
Responsible for production of illustrations for package exteriors, in-box comics, trading cards, magazine pages, and other promotional artwork for LEGO's Knights' Kingdom theme, singly and leading small art-production groups.

LEGO® Concept Design and Product Development
The LEGO Group, 2002-Present
Product development in all stages from initial ideation and concepting through model-building and final marketing pitch illustrations. Projects included LEGO Vikings, LEGO EXO-Force, and LEGO Knights' Kingdom. Knights' Kingdom won the Toy Industry Association's Toy of the Year Award in 2005 in the Boys' Toy category, and was among LEGO's top-performing themes in 2004 and 2005 sales.

Freelance Illustration and Design
1999-Present
Freelance illustration, concept design, and web design for advertising, marketing, product development, and book illustration, working primarily in Photoshop but occasionally with Illustrator, Maya, Dreamweaver, Flash, and C++. Past clients include The Jim Henson Company, TBWA/Chiat/Day, Scholastic Inc., and Gel Communications.

BrikWars.com Website and Game Designer
1995 - Present
Design and development of the BrikWars wargame and website through ten years and five editions.

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, with Honors
Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
Pasadena, California

Two years' study in Software Engineering
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York




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